Hallabot 'Hallasan1950' Wins Gold Prize at the 24th Jeju Island Tourism Souvenir Contest

Hallabot's Hallasan1950 won the Gold Prize at the 24th Jeju Island Tourism Souvenir Contest hosted by Jeju Island and the Jeju Tourism Association. Photo by Hallasan1950.

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] Jeju Island and the Jeju Tourism Association announced on the 3rd that ‘Hallasan1950’ submitted by Hallabot won the gold prize at the 24th Jeju Island Tourism Souvenir Contest.

Out of a total of 155 entries, the products were comprehensively evaluated twice based on marketability, design, creativity, and practicality. ‘Hallasan1950’ received high praise from the judges for creating a 3D chocolate model of Hallasan Mountain that expresses the four seasons of Hallasan with ▲prickly pear in spring ▲matcha in summer ▲Udo peanuts in autumn ▲and tangerines in winter.

Hallasan1950 is Hallabot’s premium chocolate brand that delivers the original taste of the product by using only pure powder and Ecuadorian cocoa butter without any food coloring or chemical additives.

The white chocolate used in Hallasan1950 is a high-quality product imported directly from Ecuador. The milk used as an ingredient for the white chocolate is produced by a small-scale dairy community on a small hill of the Cayambe volcano near Quito, Ecuador, and has a sweet and smooth texture.

Lee Jihyun, CEO of Hallabot, said, “Existing chocolates cannot use expensive cocoa butter, so they contain vegetable fats such as palm oil as substitutes. Strictly speaking, when vegetable fats replace cocoa butter, it is not chocolate but a chocolate processed product.” She added, “I believe Hallasan1950 has a story inspired by Jeju’s natural environment and a taste that matches it.”

Hallabot is a specialty product manufacturer founded in Jeju Island in 1950, developing and selling specialty products such as chocolates and bread that capture Jeju’s beautiful natural environment. Its representative products include Hallasan basalt chocolate, which has a crunchy texture made with walnuts and brown rice, and cube chocolates made in bite-sized pieces using dried hay fruits and nuts as ingredients.

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